Improvement in pinch-bars



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Improvement in Pinch-Bars;

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burg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usepinch-bar, illustrating its operation. Fig.2is

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improved pinch-bar for starting or moving the bars or starters now in use; and it con more fully described.

of the forward end of which is enlarged and rounded off to serve a'sa fulcrum in using'the the bar A, just at therea-r of the enlargement, is

nITED STATES ATENT i ABRAM sense, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR o HIMSELF,

WROBERT w. LYON, AND enonen H. MONARY.

.- IMPROVEMENT IN PlNCH-BARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,358, dated May 30, 187i.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM REESE, of Pitts i'ul Improvement in Pinch-Bar and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- V Figure 1 is :a side view of my improved a detail under-side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- My invention has forits object to furnish an cars, which shall be simple in construction, effective in operation, and convenient in use, being free from the objections .made against sists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the bar, as hereinafter A representsthe bar orlever, the lowerside bar. To the under side of the forward end of form ed a lug, to which is pivoted an arm or bar, B, the rear end of which is widened, and has claws or cutters 0 attached to it at such a distance apart as to receive the head of the-rail between them. The cutters O are made pointed so as to pass into any cinders, sand, or gravel that may beat the sides of the'rail, or to take hold of a plank should any plank be placed at the outer side of the rail. The sides of the cutters or claws O that are next the head of the rail are made inclined and with sharp edges so as to take hold of the sides of the head of the rail and prevent the tool from slipping while being used. Constructed in this way the tool may be used whatever may be the position of the cars.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The combination of the bar or lever A, pivoted or hinged bar B, and pointed cutters G with each other, said parts A B 0 being constructed and operating substantially as ROBERT S. S LL,

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